President-elect Donald Trump is unloading on California Governor Gavin Newsom this week as multiple wildfires are devastating Southern California. Trump warned Newsom as far back as 2018 that the Golden State needed to do more to prepare for deadly wildfires.
Now, he says Newsom should resign.
“One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground,” Trump posted on TRUTH Social Wednesday night. “It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!”
BREAKING: President Trump just called on Gavin Newsom to resign as Governor of California. pic.twitter.com/603oKI8fWr
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 9, 2025
Multiple reports indicate that Governor Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass weren’t prepared for the inferno; fire hydrants do not have enough water, and more than $17 million has been cut from the fire department budget.
During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday night, Newsom shifted blame onto “local folks,” saying they should figure out why the fire hydrants are running dry.
“Look, the local folks are trying to figure that out,” he told Cooper, who asked about the hydrant situation.
“I mean when you have a system — but it’s not dissimilar from what we’ve seen in other extraordinarily large-scale fires, whether it be pipe, electricity, or whether it just be the complete overwhelm of the system,” Newsom rambled on.
“I mean those hydrants are typical for two or three fires — maybe one fire and you have something of this scale, but again that’s gonna be determined by the local.”
California governor Gavin Newsom is asked why the fire hydrants have no water. Says he doesn’t know, local people will have to figure it out. California “leadership” is a disgrace: pic.twitter.com/fyyaupAyvZ
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 9, 2025
More over at The Hill:
Donald Trump says Gavin Newsom should resign as Los Angeles wildfires rage https://t.co/AmswvlnowG
— The Hill (@thehill) January 9, 2025